Garment-hanger.



A, 'OPPENHEIM & E. GLEARY,

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 21, 1914,

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

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'55., AND EDW'ARD CLEAEY, O7? ERIDGEPGIBCC,

CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNUYRS TO THE CONNECTEICUT WEB AND BUCKLE ODMPANY, OF BR-IDGEPOBLZ. CO1\TI\TECCl.ICUl, A. CORPORATION U35 CBNNIECTICUTE.

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Eipplieation filed March 21, 1914. serial No. 8516.52.21.

from dropping oil when hanging or in hare dling. it no other garment placed over it, and which, after a garment has been secured in place thereon, will receive another garment like an ordinary hanger. This We accomplish by providing a spring clip corres gondiug suliistantially in curvature with the upper side of the carrying; bar and locking said clip in operative position by giving a' pl turn to the suspending means. With these and other otuects in view we have de vised the novel garment hanger which We will. now describe. referring tothe accompanying drawing forming a. part of this specification and using reference characters to indicate the several parts.

F ure 1 is a perspeetiveshowing the hanger with the clip locked in operative p0 sition Fig. 2 a detail elevation showing the clip unlocked and raised above the carrying her to'perniit a garment, as vest or shirtwaistyto laeed upon the hurrying bar; .i' r. 3 a view partly in elevation and partly in section illustrating variations in the details of construction; Fig. 4 a detail plan vi w corresponding with Fig. 3, the shank hook being in ection onthe line firl 3. looking in the direction ol' the 'rou and a View of the locking Washer detached, eorrespoijiding with Fig. 3. 10 denotes the carrying har Whichinay he made of wood I is curved in theusual manner, and l1. the spring clip which is pted to engage the upper side oi the ryin ear, is made somewhat shorter than ear. U 'ng bar and has imparted to it a curvature having a shorter radius than the eurve of "ed it will spring upward at the center a the pressure upon the carrying her or on e garment thereon will be relieved. The

hanger is ordinarily suspended by means of .u'. a hook 12 having a shank 13 which was through a hole H at the mid-length. 5f the spring clip and passes through or nearly through the carrying har in which it is secured against longitudinal movement but is .30 left free to rotate. In Figs. 1 and 2 we have shown the shank as secured in the carryin f bar by forming a circular groove 15 in the shank and driving a pin 16 transversely through the carrying bar andin engagement with the groove in the shank. In the form illustrated in Fig. the end of the shank is passed through a locking Washer 17 and then headed on the outer side of the washer, and longitiul'inal movement of the shank prevented hy a disk 18 which is counter-sunk in the under side of the carrying bar and i provided with lugs 19 projecting at r b n angles to the plane of the disk, which an adapted to pass through recesses 20 in H locking washer and to engage the Wood o the carrying bar so as to lock the WEL'Sl'L'D" against rotation and also to retain the shank :of the hook against longitudinal rno'veinen .1.

the heading of the shank, indicated by 21., so lying between the asher and the-disk. 22 denotes a slot at the mid-length of the spring clip, which extends from hole longitudinally of the clip. The shank provideda short distance above the tenet the carrying bar With a locking projection 23 which may be formed as in 2 front a piece of Wire bent to il -shape and one or both' ends thereof rigidly seated. in r shank, or if preferred the locking projeetie 1 may he formed as in Fig. 8 by forcine inetel'of the shank outward by means of blow upon a punch or by a drop hammer.

Tie operation will be obvious from the drawing. The spring clip is unlocked by turning the shank so as to place the looking projection in alinement with the slot which will permit the mid-length of the clip to spring upward, as indicated in Fig. 2 and by dotted lines in Fig. 1. 'A garment, is a vest, shirtwaist or dress, is then placed over the hanger in the usual manner, the c ip swung over it, as inFig. 2, then the eenti ml portion of the clip is pressed downward until the locking projection has passed '35 through the slot, and. thenthe shank is given a partial turn to place the locking projoetion in engagement with the outer face elf upward in the center, as in Fig. 2 and m shank. It should be noted furthermore that until the shank and clip are placed so as to bring the locking projection into alinement of a garment upon the carrying bar.

' shank to place the locking projection out of with the outer face of the clip.

shank outward and a spring clip through which the shank passes and which is provided with a slot through which the locking projection may pass, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

3. A garment hanger comprising a carrying bar, a hook having a shank rotatable in the bar and upon one side a locking projection, a locking washer seated in the carrying bar and provided with recesses, the shank passing through said washer and headed on the outer side thereof, a disk outside the washer and having lugs passing the clip and hold it in the locking position, as in Figs. 1 and 3. This will retain the garment securely in place and will permit another garment to be placed outside thereof if re uired; To release a garment held in place y the clip, the shank is turned to place the locking projection in alinement with the slot and the clip will at once spring dotted. lines in Fig. 1, leaving it free to be turned out of the way by rotating it on the with the slot, the clip will be supported out of operative position by the locking projection so as not to interfere with the placing whereby thewasher is held against rotation and the shank against longitudinal movement, and a spring clip on the up er side of the bar through which the shan passes Having thus described our invention we claim: p x

1. A garment hanger comprising a carrying bar, a hook having a shank rotatable in the bar and upon one side a locking projection, and a spring clip adapted to engage the upper side of the bar and having a hole at its mid-length through which the shank passes and a slot throu h which the locking uojection may pass, the clip being locked in operative position by rotation of the which the locking pro ction may be passed. l. A garment hanger comprising a carrying bar, suspending means comprising a shank rotatable in the bar and having upon one side a locking projection and a spring clip through which the shank passes and which is provided with a slot through which the locking projection may be passed and which upon-rotation oi? the shank will engage ,the outer face of the clip. alinement with the slot and in' engagement tures in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT OPPENHEIM. EDWARD CLEARY. Witnesses:-

A. M. Woos'rnn,

E. M. CULVER.

2. A garment hanger comprising a carrying bar, a hook havinga shank rotatable in the bar and upon one side a locking projection formed by displacing metal of the through the recesses and engaging the bar,

and which is provided with a slot through iln testimony whereof we aiiix our signa- 

